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Thanks for the info - can someone please explain why these comments are being downvoted? Is it because they could be fake or that people just dislike Joel's co

by watty 15y ago

Thanks for the info - can someone please explain why these comments are being downvoted? Is it because they could be fake or that people just dislike Joel's company?

king_magic 15y ago
I have no idea. My comment is being downvoted. I just really like Trello. Look at my comment history on HN - I'm definitely not faking.
- gbog 15y ago
  Saying you like it adds close to nothing to the discussion.
  - king_magic 15y ago
    My original comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3433749 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3433749 I definitely "added to the discussion".
  - fady 15y ago
    he gives his feedback and says that he would pay for it. the article talks about not charging for trello until you have a large user base. it seems like good feedback from a user, so i'm not sure that i agree with you.
- whyleyc 15y ago
  "Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading" From: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
cdr 15y ago
Joel definitely has anti-fans - I expect that's what's happening.
- king_magic 15y ago
  Yikes. I expected better out of HN, honestly.
eggbrain 15y ago
I'd guess that people probably thought his comment was fake (not sure about any other comments, even his comment doesn't seem downvoted): The OP's original comment contains entire praise for the product being described in the article, almost the point to marketing speak -- "it's one of the few products that we use at work, but doesn't feel like work to use". It also contains multiple smile faces in the post, which make it feel disingenuous. Almost no comments on Hacker News contain smile faces, so mix this with the praise, and people could take it as a comment that seemed fake.
- cdr 15y ago
  Early on, there were three positive comments - all in negative/grey. It looks like once the thread got more eyeballs, it worked itself out.

by watty 15y ago

Thanks for the info - can someone please explain why these comments are being downvoted? Is it because they could be fake or that people just dislike Joel's company?

king_magic 15y ago

I have no idea. My comment is being downvoted. I just really like Trello. Look at my comment history on HN - I'm definitely not faking.

gbog 15y ago
Saying you like it adds close to nothing to the discussion.
- king_magic 15y ago
  My original comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3433749 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3433749 I definitely "added to the discussion".
- fady 15y ago
  he gives his feedback and says that he would pay for it. the article talks about not charging for trello until you have a large user base. it seems like good feedback from a user, so i'm not sure that i agree with you.
whyleyc 15y ago
"Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading" From: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

cdr 15y ago

Joel definitely has anti-fans - I expect that's what's happening.

king_magic 15y ago
Yikes. I expected better out of HN, honestly.

eggbrain 15y ago

I'd guess that people probably thought his comment was fake (not sure about any other comments, even his comment doesn't seem downvoted): The OP's original comment contains entire praise for the product being described in the article, almost the point to marketing speak -- "it's one of the few products that we use at work, but doesn't feel like work to use". It also contains multiple smile faces in the post, which make it feel disingenuous. Almost no comments on Hacker News contain smile faces, so mix this with the praise, and people could take it as a comment that seemed fake.

cdr 15y ago
Early on, there were three positive comments - all in negative/grey. It looks like once the thread got more eyeballs, it worked itself out.